I tend to read whatever book I am currently working on…right now it’s “Passage to Juneau” by Johnathan Raban, about a voyage from Seattle to Alaska on a sailboat…highly recommended…
Keith
** Bred for War **by Michael Stackpole
July issue of Cosmo
June issue of Nursing 2001
Several issues of New Scientist magazine
The Character of Physical Law, by Richard Feynman
The Definitive Biography of P.D.Q. Bach, by Professor Peter Shickele
I also just discovered that Learning Perl (aka “the llama book”) was in there too. I think it just wandered in there one absent-minded day.
I’m reading SDMB in the bathroom right now, thanks to my nice PowerBook.
Fortean times and Unopened files.
I’m thinking about having my toilet computerized, so that it can read stories to me while I do my bizness. And give me advice about my diet.
Consilience- Edward O Wilson
Assorted Time, U.S News, and ScAm mags
Atlas of World History
Jorge Luis Borges, Selected Poems. Edited by Alexander Coleman (Penguin Books, 2000).
In our main downstairs bathroom we’ve got a little roll around cart with four baskets. The top basket holds reading material and currently contains, as I recall;
This years Fine Homebuilding special issue on houses,
A Reader’s Digest (My mother gave it to me, I hate this magazine, but I read the jokes.)
The Colour of Magic by Terry Prachett
Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom
Walthers N guage train catalog from 2000
something else, but I’m upstairs right now and too lazy to go look.
Downstairs bathroom:
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[li]Coyote v. Acme, Ian Frazier[/li][li]The Straight Dope Tells All, Cecil Adams (no, really; I’ve always had at least one SD book in each bathroom since we moved in).[/li][li]The Double Helix: A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA, James D. Watson[/li][/ul]
Upstairs bathroom:
[ul]
[li]another SD book, though I can’t recall which one at the moment and I’m too lazy to run up there to check[/li][li]The Third Culture: Beyond the Scientific Revolution, John Brockman[/li][li]The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature, Matt Ridley[/li][/ul]
They have computerized toilets in Japan (well, without the read-you-a-story bit). I’ve used them. Trust me, you do NOT want this.
i know, and i suppose you lend him a hand with it every once in a while, huh?
oh, i’ve got august’s Playboy (who knew Belinda Carlisle was so HOT?), uncle john’s, and all my back issues of maxim and stuff.
The first Straight Dope book - Cecil Adams
Greek Myths (volume 1) - Robert Graves
Poems of Science - anthology
The Great Beer Book - Michael Jackson (not that Michael Jackson)
I have last three Straight Dope books available for reading in the “little room”. The first two used to live there, but are now on the bookshelf with the other books because I read them so many times I decided they needed a rest.
I’m still trying to figure out what screech-owl meant by “I needed to go there anywhere…”
Does it mean that he/she sometimes goes anywhere in the house? I’m not the neatest person by any means, but really! I’m reminded of the thread about pooping on the cat, sneakily.
Anyway, I just finished reading (on my toilet, not crouched in some befouled corner; shame on you, screech-owl), WHY THEY KILL by Richard Rhodes. A different take on murderers and, well…why they kill. Not what I’d call an easy read, but fascinating. I keep one full size book in the BR, usually one I’m not sure if I’m going to like, and just replace it if I don’t.
Just kidding (I certainly hope) screech-owl.
Meaning I’d been sitting at the computer for quite a long time. ‘Mother Nature’ called, but I put her on call-waiting far too long. The thread gave me the impetus to not only ‘take care of business’ but also answer the thread.
Are you calling my bathroom ‘befouled’, good sirrah/madame? The bookcase (yes, it is a bookcase - a narrow one that fits the space between the door and the tub, and is directly across from and within arm’s reach of the toilet) is pristine white-laminated particleboard with a single scratch on the side (from trying to move it through the doorway). It is deep enough to hold (starting from the base) 8 towels on the bottom shelf, an 8-pack of toilet paper, the aforementioned books/bills**, the cat (she likes to curl up there while I am in the shower), toiletries, matching washcloths and hand towels, and a fake ivy in a basket on the very top.
No apologies needed for the misreading and attempt at humor. And I am a she.
**Good one, Mauvaise!
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Weeeeeeeeeelllllllll, now that I have had my coffee and have woken up, I see the problem: incorrect word. I typed “anywhere” instead of “anyway”. That’s what I get for typing while talking on the phone.
Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee
A map of the Boundary Waters
An old issue of US News and World Report
The Frugal Gourmet Cooks Italian
And, of course, The Great Bathroom Book I and II.
Three. I keep them there, and rotate depending on my mood:
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Uncle John’s “Ultra-Oh Godly” Bathrrom Reader
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Dave Barry’s Greatest Hits.
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Dave Barry’s “Only Travel Guide You’ll Ever Need.”
If I’m feeling more satirical, then I take a Dennis Miller book.
Crocodile Specialist Group Newsletter
D&D 3rd Edition Player’s Handbook (Oh, the shame!)
Sergio Aragone’s Groo and Rufferto
Whatever book I happen to be reading.